Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य पण्यबुद्ध्या द्विजोत्तमाः । प्रस्थितश्चोत्तरां काष्ठां स सार्थेन समन्वितः
kasyacittvatha kālasya paṇyabuddhyā dvijottamāḥ | prasthitaścottarāṃ kāṣṭhāṃ sa sārthena samanvitaḥ
കുറച്ച് കാലത്തിന് ശേഷം, ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമന്മാരേ, വ്യാപാരബുദ്ധിയോടെ അവൻ ഉത്തരദിക്കിലേക്ക് പുറപ്പെട്ടു; ഒരു സാർത്ഥം (കാരവാൻ) കൂടെ ചേർന്ന് യാത്രയായി.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) — inferred for Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrthamāhātmya narration
Listener: Dvija-uttamāḥ / Ṛṣis
Scene: A prosperous merchant (Siddhasena) departs with a caravan—bullock carts, bales of goods, attendants—heading toward distant northern landscapes; the road suggests both opportunity and impending karmic trial.
FAQs
Even ordinary motives like trade become part of a dharmic narrative when one remains connected to tīrtha and merit.
The broader chapter context centers on Ānarteśvara; this verse sets up the life-event that will reveal the tīrtha’s power.
None explicitly; the verse introduces travel undertaken for commerce.